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https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/09/29/us/california-high-school-students-racial-slur-trnd/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FCalifornia high school students line up to spell out racial slur at senior picnic
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
Updated at 4:59 PM ET, Sat September 29, 2018
(CNN) A group of Southern California high school students face disciplinary action after spelling out the n-word with lettered T-shirts at a senior picnic.
The Escondido Union High School District this week confirmed that about 10 students at a senior event "made a poor decision" by participating in the stunt involving the racial slur, CNN affiliate KGTV reported.
"We are a campus that prides itself on inclusion and embraces diversity," Principal Adriana Lepe-Ramirez said in a statement.
"We will not tolerate actions that send messages of racism and promote divisiveness."
Merlot
(9,696 posts)RockRaven
(15,138 posts)which is the county immediately south of Orange County
VOX
(22,976 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)I thought Escondido was a kind of well-to-do area - am I wrong about that too?
SHRED
(28,136 posts)But it's not a well-to-do city.
Many areas are rundown.
VOX
(22,976 posts)<snip>
In the California State Legislature, Escondido is in the 38th Senate District, represented by Republican Joel Anderson, and in the 75th Assembly District, represented by Republican Marie Waldron.[
In the United States House of Representatives, Escondido is in California's 50th congressional district, represented by Republican Duncan D. Hunter.
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In the United States presidential election of 2008, 53.3% of voters residing in incorporated Escondido voted for John McCain, 44.9% voted for Barack Obama, and 1.8% voted for one of the third-party candidates. Unincorporated areas were considerably more conservative: among voters in neighborhoods of Rincon Del Diablo, Hidden Meadows, and Valley Center, 62.3%, 65.5%, 66.9% of voters respectively cast their votes for John McCain. In a survey conducted by The Bay Area Center for Voting Research, it found that Escondido was the 11th most conservative city in the United States.
sdfernando
(4,970 posts)Riverside County. Very little of San Diego county actually touches Orange County....Thank the stars for Camp Pendleton!!! The buffer that saves us from the OC!
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Iggo
(47,625 posts)Initech
(100,174 posts)MagickMuffin
(16,003 posts)Poor decision, Ah no, they knew what they were doing.
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